TAMPA, Fla. — If you’d like to learn to fly in ballet, then you start from the ground — getting on your rehearsal soft shoes.
Brandon Ballet’s Courtney Moody is getting ready for rehearsal on the studio floor before heading to the barre.
“We do lots of different stretches, lots of things to get warm, get moving,” she said.
If the stretches look easy for Moody, it’s because she’s been a ballerina for about two decades and helps teach it now, too.
“I’m so grateful to have that opportunity to continue doing this as a career,” said Moody.
In addition to excerpts from Swan Lake, they have something brand new to offer.
“This is a new ballet called the Iron Flower,” said Brent Townend, the Ballet’s Assistant Artistic Director. “We are premiering a 15-minute excerpt.”
As an artist, Moody says she is moved by the story of the dance.
“It’s very important to me to have that is somewhat near my hometown where I can continue to dance and share this art form with others,” said Moody.
Breweries taking part in Beers for Barres:
-Three Bulls Tavern & Brewery
-Bullfrog Creek Brewing Company
-Magnanimous Brewing Company
-3 Daughters Brewing Company
-Woven Water Brewing Company